On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:28 PM, Gregory Boyce <gregory.boyce@gmail.com> wrote:
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> wrote:
I think that Debian's plan to allow multiple init systems (irregardless of which one is default) is a bad plan. The non-default ones won't get any love - at some point they'll just stop working (or indeed, work at all).
If they break then one of two things will happen:
1) Someone will fix it.
2) No one will fix it because no one cares. If no one cares, then it being broken doesn't matter.
Killing off choice/alternatives just in case no one cares about them isn't especially helpful.
Resending since my subscription was apparently a bit off. -- Greg
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From: "Gregory Boyce" <gregory.boyce@gmail.com>
On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Jeffrey Ollie <jeff@ocjtech.us> wrote:
I think that Debian's plan to allow multiple init systems (irregardless of which one is default) is a bad plan. The non-default ones won't get any love - at some point they'll just stop working (or indeed, work at all).
If they break then one of two things will happen:
1) Someone will fix it.
2) No one will fix it because no one cares. If no one cares, then it being broken doesn't matter.
Killing off choice/alternatives just in case no one cares about them isn't especially helpful.
3) A lot of people who do care and either cannot afford to or are technically competent to fix it are screwed. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
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